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Panel (fragment of a casket; lid) (Front)

Panel (fragment of a casket; lid) (Front)

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Subject
Secular. Courtly love. Romance.

Private collection (in 2015)

S/n

Height: 90 mm
Width: 150 mm

Elopement; lady and youth on horseback; bridge; couple in a boat; youth chucking his lover under the chin; servant rowing; courting couples (meeting of lovers).
Tournament; ladies and youths observing the jousting knights in armour from the castle battlements; queen; lady holding a dog; couple embracing; two heralds in trees blowing trumpets; shield.
Attack on the Castle of Love; knights in armour assaulting the castle; ladies throwing roses on the attackers; ladder; catapult.

Unpublished.

Attribution
Unknown

Reverse
Flat with some scoring.

Object Condition
Two holes for missing handle. Holes for the missing fittings do not go all the way through to the other side.

Provenance
Private collection, in 2015.

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